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The DTM is returning to Brands Hatch this year. On 11 and 12 August, the Grand Prix circuit, the long version of the race track to the south-east of London with its long history, will be hosting two races. At the start of the new year, the popular touring car series is already making a lot of promotion. Read the rest of this entry »

The Norisring once again lived up to its reputation as the highlight of the DTM season. But the most important news to come out of the weekend was that Gary Paffett walked away relatively unscathed from a massive crash. Read the rest of this entry »

Mercedes-AMG Motorsport in the 2017 seasonThe calendar for May is packed with major motorsport events. Formula One returns to Monaco for the prestigious Grand Prix through the streets of the principality. But first, the DTM goes to the Motorsport Festival Lausitzring where it shares the billing with the ‘Super Sports Car League’.Read the rest of this entry »

With Paul Di Resta and Gary Paffett, two Mercedes-AMG drivers set the pace in first practice

At last, the cars are back on track. On Friday, first free practice at the Hockenheimring provided the fans with a first appetizer of what is in store for the eagerly awaited opener of the 2017 DTM season that gets underway with first qualifying and the points for the first three placed drivers. Read the rest of this entry »

On the second day of the official DTM tests at Hockenheim the field really upped the ante

Compared to day one, the fastest lap time was improved by nearly a second to 1:30.450 minutes, with Gary Paffett being the constant. The Briton also proved to be the quickest on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

The unprecedented partnership traverses many of the world’s most famous racing series’ and championships

MB Partners are delighted to announce that Thunderhead, trail-blazers in technology for customer engagement, have teamed up with Mike Conway, Gary Paffett, Jack Manchester and Tom Blomqvist for the forthcoming racing 2017 season.

The start of the season is drawing closer: Penultimate DTM tests of the winter in progress, preparations for F1 season have finished. The first race of the year will get under way next week in Australia. Read the rest of this entry »

Friendliness towards the fans always has represented a priority in DTM

In the paddock, the fans of the popular touring-car series can get closer than close to the drivers representing the Audi, BMW and Mercedes-AMG camps. During autographing sessions with the likes of Mattias Ekström, Marco Wittmann, Gary Paffett & Co, for instance.

Tales from the paddock – Gary Paffett: “Many thanks for the fantastic support”

One week after winning the FIA Formula One World Championship, the newly crowned World Champion Nico Rosberg joined other members of the Silver Arrows team in thanking the whole of the Mercedes-AMG Motorsport family at the Sindelfingen plant. Read the rest of this entry »

Tales from the paddock – Gary Paffett: “New rules mean that racing will become even more exciting”. The 2016 Formula 1 World Championship has been decided: Nico Rosberg secured the world title for the first time in his career in a thrilling finale in Abu Dhabi. Meanwhile, the next round of DTM testing for 2017 is just getting under way. Read the rest of this entry »

In an exciting last-gasp dash, Mercedes-AMG secured itself the first two grid rows for the race at Moscow Raceway on Saturday

Briton Gary Paffett managed to set the fastest time in the 20 minutes’ qualifying session. On his fastest lap, he posted a time of 1 min. 41.443 sec. For Gary Paffett, this is the twelfth pole position of his DTM career and the first of this season. Alongside him on the front row of the grid, Robert Wickens will be lining up in second place. Read the rest of this entry »

After winning their home race at Hockenheim, the Silver Arrows team are off for a short summer break. Meanwhile, the trio of Rosenqvist, van der Zande and Vautier were rolling up the field from behind at Spa-Francorchamps in the Belgian Ardennes. Read the rest of this entry »

The Briton is pone of the best-known faces of the series and is about to start into his 13th DTM season. In 2005, at the age of 24, Paffett secured his first and only DTM title, to date. In his DTM years, the 35-year old experienced ups and downs galore and consequently, he can hark back to a huge wealth of experience. Read the rest of this entry »

That’s one of the reasons why the two DTM aces were offered test-driver jobs at the pinnacle of motor racing. Scotland’s Di Resta will replace German Adrian Sutil at the Williams F1 Team and Paffett already has been working for them as simulator driver since February. Nonetheless, DTM represents the top priority for the two Britons. Read the rest of this entry »